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1. Please provide me with useful links for download and installation about the Linux version you suggest.

2. Windows is installed in drive C: and I plan to use dual boot, so should I repartition C: (if possible without losing data... pls tell me) or should I install it in another volume.

3. Also which option for architecture should I choose from i386 or ia64 or another if I install Debian GNU/Linux.

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Your computer should be able to run pretty much any distribution that you choose to run.

Take a look a DistroWatch.com for a listing of popular distributions and the links from which to download them.

The installer for most distros will give you the option to dual boot and will partition your drive for that purpose. Just be careful not to let it partition the entire drive for Linux unless you want that.

Your computer should be able to handle 32-bit or 64-bit Linux, so that choice is yours.

thanks for the pendrive links...

@rokytnji -- thanks for the pendrive linux links. Fantastic! A whole new world for me, instead of always installing to hard disk or running Live CD (I have older P-IV boxes so I can't run virtualization tools like VirtualBox). Thanks!